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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Scarlet X Timelapse-Is it possible?

got can set 1fps at the moment I believe.

waiting for firmware updates to see what kind of TL potential can be unlocked...
 
Dmitry Burenok said:
Does it worth it? Seriously, get some "spare rebel" for $500 - don't use 20K camera for time-lapse - it is totally overkill!
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I would much rather use a 20k camera for time-lapse then a 500 rebel...
 
Why? You get better TL quality with a rebel...it's 18mp/RAW/14bit!!! I own a scarlet and love it to death....but the rebel is a better tool for TL at this stage....higher resolution, better battery life, media, noise, slower frame rates.....what's your reason to prefer a Scarlet for TL? Or is it like me, you would rather use it because you actually can ;) ?
 
I did some timelapse work in Austin on the Scarlet to mix and match with normal speed material. There's a few advantages. Having the sequence as a .R3D is one of them. I do this work in DSLRs often too. Just depends.
 
I hardly see that as a tipping point factor....what are the other advantages? What does it depend on to make your choice Phil? Maybe for the customer's benefit, so they can be wowed by a RED logo? I can't think of any more.....But then again, maybe, this isn't the right forum to be discussing this on. Scarlet can do beautiful TL, there's no doubt about it. Will I see you at the REDUSER party tomorrow night?
 
I think matching material seamlessly is a very good reason. Especially when matching motion control with live action material at speed. Helps post out with a nice seemless blend. Again it depends on what you're doing. If I was doing something over say 3 hours and wasn't concerned about anything like that I would likely choose a different way. If I was planning on doing an extreme HDR timelapse through a difficult lighting change, that's yet another reason to go a different path. Basically there's a lot of tools and ways to shoot timelapses of different lengths and situations. I'm not saying there is a definitive way.

I don't really want wow clients with a logo, but I would like to wow them with images.

And yep, I'll be there!
 
Okay, fair call, although matching HDSLR RAW TL's isn't really a problem, but I see your point that there are different tools for different jobs. I guess my reply was in response to Jon Carr's....as he seemed quite adamant on using the Scarlet, period. And the RED logo thing wasn't a stab at you, but an honest question. Good to know you care about your imagery, see you on Friday :)
 
I use 1 fps on the scarlet a ton. I do like my canon's for time lapse, but I prefer the red for these reasons:
1) I don't have to hear that shutter go every second ... red is shutterless (that shutter can wear out ... plus hearing that click every second get's on my nerves, my 5d is loud)
2) I can use PL glass
3) I get a bit more control with the RED, as long as it's not "pure night" timelapse, due to black shading and other things like that
4) r3d is way way less data and easier to manage
5) single shot hdrx is great when u have major light changes with a moving camera (syncing a moving with 3 shuttered hdrx is a hassle)
6) you want a smooth transition from timelapse to realtime (i.e. moving from 1 fps to 24 fps .... in a shot)

We have some huge timelapse experts (with canon gear) ... that read this group though ... I know they for sure switch between red and other camera's based on the project.
 
PatrickFaith said:
I use 1 fps on the scarlet a ton. I do like my canon's for time lapse, but I prefer the red for these reasons:

1) I don't have to hear that shutter go every second ... red is shutterless (that shutter can wear out ... plus hearing that click every second get's on my nerves, my 5d is loud)
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That's a good reason by the way - DSLR shooter mechanism dies quite fast on intense time lapses. And noise is really annoying as well. Will be better once Canon release mirorless adequate EF-mount camera, not something like c300/500/whatever. And I still believe using still cameras for time-lapses could be quite useful comparing to RED - think of how many batteries do you need for RED? DSLR can make it on one tiny battery for hours of operation. And if you getting 36mpix raw files it is still a tiny bit bigger than RED :)))
 
Phil Holland said:
I did some timelapse work in Austin on the Scarlet to mix and match with normal speed material. There's a few advantages. Having the sequence as a .R3D is one of them. I do this work in DSLRs often too. Just depends.
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This is the best response. I still do some timelapse stuff with my 5D Mark II, but the Scarlet is a fine tool for the job as well and having footage in the same format is nice.
 
Some of these points are good ones, and I've not said once said that Scarlet cannot be used to create excellent time laps, but to justify things like "the shutter sound is annoying" and trying to convince me that a $20k camera is the answer is what bugs me. The final result is what I'm interested in, and for $500 (rebel t2i with magic lantern) I can do better than I could with my Scarlet. That's my point.
 
Matthew Scott said:
Some of these points are good ones, and I've not said once said that Scarlet cannot be used to create excellent time laps, but to justify things like "the shutter sound is annoying" and trying to convince me that a $20k camera is the answer is what bugs me. The final result is what I'm interested in, and for $500 (rebel t2i with magic lantern) I can do better than I could with my Scarlet. That's my point.
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I've done timelaps on both my Scarlet and my Canon 550d (rebel t2i for you US-folks). My personal experience is that that Scalet is better because I have a greater need / love for .R3D
It doesnt mean that I dont use the canon, but if you own (as you say) a $20k camera, and the file format is to your advantage, then why not use it?
 
Matthew Scott said:
Some of these points are good ones, and I've not said once said that Scarlet cannot be used to create excellent time laps, but to justify things like "the shutter sound is annoying" and trying to convince me that a $20k camera is the answer is what bugs me. The final result is what I'm interested in, and for $500 (rebel t2i with magic lantern) I can do better than I could with my Scarlet. That's my point.
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Why could you do better with the Rebel? We've found Scarlet to give excellent results - better than the SLR I was using (no flicker and processing with RedCine X is a lot easier than my workflow before).

Obviously I wouldn't buy a Scarlet just to do time lapses, but as it is I don't see myself doing a whole lot with the SLR anymore.
 
Ryan Fitzgerald said:
I can only get mine to do 8fps at 5k. How do you get 1fps?
-Ryan
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I can only seem to get to 6fps at 5k with HDRX. I'm also trying to figure out the 1fps thing.
 
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